Currency-holder.



No. 742,088. PATENTBD 00120, 1903.

' F. E. WALKER.

CURRENCY HOLDER.

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w/rwssss: INVENZOH A rromvsrsx UNITED STATES Patented October 20, 1903. I

FRANCIS E. WALKER, OF BEDFORD, IOWA.

CURRENCY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 742,088, dated October 20, 1903.

' Application filed m 23,1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS E. WALKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bedford, in the county of Taylor and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Currency-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for holding currency or bank-notes, an object being toprovide a holder of simple construction in which bills may be held in separate bunches of equal amounts and to so number the separating or partitionstrips that the total amount of cash in the holder may be ascertained at a glance'without counting, thusfacilitatin'g the making up of the cash account at the end of a banking day and also facilitating the withdrawing of notes of a desired amount. I

I will describe a currency-holder embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference'is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective viewof a currency-holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross-section, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of one of the partition-strips. I The currency-holder comprises a base 1, of metal or other suitable material, and extended up from the .front portion of the base is an upright or guide 2, consisting of wire, and

- similar guides 3 4 5 are arranged at the back.

The upright or guide 3 is directly back of the upright or guide2, and said upright 3 is con nected to the upper, portion of the upright at by a horizontally-disposed portion 6, which forms a rack from which the partition-strips 7 are suspended in convenient position for instant use. To prevent the partition-strips from moving 0d the rack at the end adjacent to the upright 4, the wire is curved upward, as at 8, to form a stop, and it will be noted that this rack portion 6 is somewhat rearward of the Vertical plane of the rear uprights, so that thesuspended strips 7 will be out of the way ofthe money contained in the holder. Each strip 7 is provided with an opening at one end, through which the parts 3 and 6 pass, and

Serial No. 158.494. (No model.)

' the front ends of the strips are also perforated to receive the front guide or upright 2.

It will be noted that the several strips are consecutively numbered'from the bottom upward and that every fifth strip is differentiated from the other strips bymaking said fifth strip longer than the other strips or by I placing a figure thereon of a different color. By this arrangement the withdrawing of money in certain amounts say five hundred dollars, provided bills amounting to one hundred dollars are placed between the several stripsiwill be facilitated.

. In the operation equal amounts of money are placed between the strips-say one hu-ndred dollars will be placed between the base and strip No. 1, another one hundred dollars between strips No. 1 and N012, andso on upand therefore it is obvious that by glancing at the number on the uppermost strip the amount of money contained in the holder will be instantly revealed.

While I have stated that each fifth strip will be differentiated from the other strips,

it is to be understood that my invention is not confined to such arrangement. A device embodying my invention will be found of great service in banks and other places where large amounts of money are handled daily.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A currency-holder, comprising a base, front and rear uprights on the base, and partition-strips arranged to slideon said uprights, certain of said strips being of greater length than the others.

2. A currency-holder, comprising a base, front and rear uprights on the base, one of said uprights having an offset portion forming a rack, and partition-strips movable on front upright on said base, a rear upright on A said base, an offset from said rear upright I the uprights, the said strips being consecutiveiy numbered and certain of said strips being differentiated from the other strips.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS E. WALKER.

iVitnesses:

CHAS. G. 1\IAR'J.IN, HAL R. REYNOLDS. 

